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HIV/AIDS In Sub-Saharan Africa : politics, aid and globalization / Adrian Flint.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.Description: xiv, 211 p. : maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780230221420
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RA643.86.A357 F55 2011
NLM classification:
  • 2011 C-626
  • WC 503.7
Other classification:
  • POL028000 | HEA039020 | POL041000
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- Sex and disease: a historical perspective -- The origins of HIV/AIDS -- Gender, violence and the spread of HIV/AIDS -- Policymaking, dissidents ad denialists -- Traditional medicine ad the politics of the 'Witchcraft paradigm' -- The international response: multilateral and unilateral approaches -- Morality, behavioural change and the search for a 'social vaccine' -- Governance, the international trading system and access to antiretrovirals.
Summary: "HIV/AIDS in Africa is heavily politicized and governments, policy makers and NGOs face a series of political dilemmas where responses to the problem of HIV/AIDS in Africa is concerned. This book focuses on the political issues that are associated with the pandemic and the political contexts in which the issue must be addressed"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-205) and index.

Introduction -- Sex and disease: a historical perspective -- The origins of HIV/AIDS -- Gender, violence and the spread of HIV/AIDS -- Policymaking, dissidents ad denialists -- Traditional medicine ad the politics of the 'Witchcraft paradigm' -- The international response: multilateral and unilateral approaches -- Morality, behavioural change and the search for a 'social vaccine' -- Governance, the international trading system and access to antiretrovirals.

"HIV/AIDS in Africa is heavily politicized and governments, policy makers and NGOs face a series of political dilemmas where responses to the problem of HIV/AIDS in Africa is concerned. This book focuses on the political issues that are associated with the pandemic and the political contexts in which the issue must be addressed"--Provided by publisher.

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